Dan Calic

How Many Airports Have Been in San Carlos?

First Fast Food Chain to Survive Over a Century

Continued from last week… Eventually, Moore’s studies and interest in chemistry brought him to the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated in 1950 with a degree in Chemistry. He then went to California Institute of Technology in Pasadena where he received his PH.D in 1954. From there he continued developing his passion for chemistry […]

Bowling was a fun family activity for many of us. Parents loved taking their kids to the bowling alley for an afternoon or evening outing together.

Several factors contributed to the decline of bowling alleys: The good news is the industry has not completely collapsed. If you want to go bowling, take a look around, and you’ll find some that still exist. However, be prepared to pay today’s prices, which, like every other industry, have gone up. Everything else is just […]

2024 concludes the first year of a new century, which propelled the purple and white into status no other local high school can claim- a second century. With a new year upon us, let’s take a look back and recount the rich history of one of California’s most beautiful high school campuses. In 1895, something […]

Sequoia's campus is full of some lovely features.

The sleepy coastside hamlet of Moss Beach lies roughly 15 miles south of San Francisco. Most travelers along Highway 1 would hardly notice it. You could almost miss it if you blink. The tiny coastal town has a population of roughly 3, 000 residents.

Redwood City native Don Bunce was the quarterback for the Woodside Wildcats for two years, leading the team to an undefeated season in 1966. That year, he was also named the league’s Most Valuable Player. Additionally, he was voted the Peninsula’s Athlete of the Year. In addition to his talent in football, he has twice […]

At Stanford, he played backup to future Heisman winner Jim Plunkett for two years. However, he finally got his chance as a fifth-year senior during the ’71 season. He led the team, then called “Indians,” to the Pacific 8 championship. Winning the conference championship gave Stanford a birth in the coveted Rose Bowl. In the […]